The remains found in western UP. SINAULI, NOVEMBER 17: For thousands of years, the fields of Sinauli in western Uttar Pradesh hid their secret well. But now its past is out in the open. Beyond the village's brick lanes and lounging buffaloes, a burial site of the Harappans dating back to about 2,600 BCE has finally given up its dead... FULL STORY

Credited with path-breaking excavations of the Harappan port of Lothal and the submerged city of Dwaraka and the `decipherment' of the Indus script, the renowned archaeologist and scholar Prof. S.R. Rao continues to work on the Indus script and marine archaeology with indomitable spirit and energy...

The first known examples of writing may have been unearthed at an archaeological dig in Pakistan.So-called 'plant-like' and 'trident-shaped' markings have been found on fragments of pottery dating back 5500 years...